On
a sunny afternoon, with embarked on a Shinkansen train, we began a four-day
excursion.

Please see
the Newsletter attached on page 1.

(2) Mr. Thakur Prasad KANDEL (Nepal)

Igot a memorable opportunity to observe the
consequence of one of the historical atrocities in Hiroshima, the effect of the
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and sightseeing of Itsukushima Shrine, Kiyomizu
and Golden Pavilion Temple of Kyoto city, as a participant in Global
Seismological Observation 2015 program.

Please see the
Newsletter attached on page 2.

[2] IISEE International Friendship Party

By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration
Division

We
had an international friendship party with the participants of the Global
seismological observation course, the Seismology course, The Earthquake
engineering course, the Tsunami disaster mitigation course and IISEE staff
members at cafeteria on Feb 16th.

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the Newsletter attached on page 2&3.

[3] The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage (ASA) from Thailand visited Japan

By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration Division

The Experts
of The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage (ASA) from
Thailand visited Japan on 8th of Feb.

Please see the Newsletter
attached on page 3.

[4] Lecture in JICA training course for the Central Asia and Caucasus Region

By Mr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE

Feb.
3 in the morning Dr. T. Yokoi have collaborated for the training course
"Earthquake Disaster Mitigation and Seismic Design" held by JICA and the
Building Center of Japan.

Tenth
Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (PCEE) was held in Sydney,
Australia from 6-8 November 2015.

Please see the Newsletter
attached on page 4.

[6] Letters from ex participants

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 4.

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